Graco SnugRide Click Connect 40 User manual

SnugRide®
Click Connect™40
©2013 Graco PD261471A 11/13 US

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1.0 Warning to Parents and Other Users.........................................4-5
2.0 Registration Information..............................................................6-7
2.1 Register Your Child Restraint....................................................6
2.2 For Recall Information...............................................................6
2.3 If You Need Help.......................................................................7
2.4 Child Restraint/Base Useful Life................................................7
3.0 Important Information................................................................8-12
3.1 Warnings for Use as a Child Restraint.................................8-10
3.2 Warnings for Use With a Stroller.............................................10
3.3 Additional Warnings for Use as a Carrier................................11
3.4 Height and Weight Limits ........................................................12
4.0 Choosing an Appropriate Vehicle Seat Location..................13-19
4.1 Vehicle Seat Requirements................................................13-14
4.2 Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements..............................................14
4.2.1 UNSAFE Vehicle Belt Systems......................................15
4.2.2 SAFE Vehicle Belt Systems......................................16-18
4.3 LATCH Locations....................................................................19

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5.0 Features and Components......................................................20-25
5.1 Adjusting Handle.....................................................................23
5.2 Removing and Attaching Child Restraint.................................23
5.3 Harness Covers (on certain models).......................................24
5.4 Canopy Attachment.................................................................24
5.5 Head Pillow and Body Support (on certain models) ...............25
6.0 How to Install the Child Restraint/Base.................................26-34
6.1 Installing the Child Restraint Without Base
Using Vehicle Belt..............................................................26-27
6.2 Installing the Child Restraint and Base
Using Vehicle Belt..............................................................28-29
6.3 Using LATCH to Install Base.............................................30-31
6.4 Reclining Child Restraint/Base...........................................32-34
6.5 To Use Footrest.......................................................................34
7.0 Using Child Restraint..........................................................................35-41
7.1 Positioning Harness Straps................................................35-36
7.2 Changing the Crotch Strap Position ...........................................37
7.3 Securing Child in the Child Restraint .................................38-41
8.0 Additional Information.............................................................42-45
8.1 Airplane Use............................................................................42
8.2 Storing LATCH........................................................................42
8.3 Cleaning and Maintenance.................................................43-44
8.4 Buckle Cleaning Process.........................................................45
9.0 Replacement Parts..........................................................................48

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DO NOT PLACE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT IN A
VEHICLE SEATING LOCATION THAT HAS A
FRONT AIR BAG. If the air bag inflates, it can hit
the child restraint with great force and cause serious
injury or death of your child. Check vehicle owner’s
manual for information about side air bags and child
restraint installation. No child restraint can guarantee
protection from injury in every situation. However, proper use of this child
restraint reduces the risk of serious injury or death to your child.
1.0 Warnings to Parents and Other Users

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Failure to properly use this child restraint increases the risk of serious
injury or death in a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash. Your child’s safety
depends on you installing and using this child restraint correctly on every
ride.
Even if using this child restraint seems easy to figure out on your own, it
is very important to FOLLOW THE OWNER’S MANUAL.
The manual is located in the base.
You also must read your vehicle owner’s manual.
Your child’s safety depends on:
1. Choosing a suitable location in your vehicle. Some seating
positions, such as those equipped with air bags, may not be safe
locations for this child restrant.
2. Properly positioning the head support.
3. Properly securing your child in the child restraint.
4. Placing child restraint/base in a rear-facing position.
5. Properly routing the vehicle seat belt or LATCH.
6. Properly reclining the child restraint.
7. Properly securing the child restraint in the vehicle using a seat
belt designed to secure the child restraint or by using LATCH. A few seat
belts are NOT safe to use with child restraints, even though they can
easily be threaded through the child restraint!

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2.2 For Recall Information
2.1 Register Your Child Restraint
Model Number:
Date of Manufacture:
Purchase Date:
Please fill in the above information. The model number and date of
manufacture can be found on a label on the bottom of your child
restraint. Fill out the prepaid registration postcard attached to the seat
pad and mail it today.
Child restraints may be recalled for safety reasons. You must register
this restraint to be reached in a recall. Send your name, address, the
restraints’ model number and date of manufacture to:
Graco Children’s Products Inc.
Attn: Customer Service
3 Glenlake Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30328
or call 1-800-345-4109
or register online at:
http://www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration
Call the U.S. Government’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236
(TTY:1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.NHTSA.gov
Graco: 1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com
2.0 Registration Information

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STOP using this child restraint or base and throw it away 7 years after
the date of manufacture.
Look for this sticker on rear of child restraint or on the base:
In the U.S.A, please contact our Customer Service Department with any
questions you may have concerning parts, use, or maintenance. When
you contact us, please have your product’s model number and date of
manufacture ready so that we may help you quickly. These numbers can
be found on a sticker on the underside of your child restraint.
1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com
www.cpsc.gov
www.NHTSA.gov
www.seatcheck.org
2.3 If You Need Help
2.4 Child Restraint/Base Useful Life
MODEL
Date of Manufacture
GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC.
ATLANTA, GA 30328 1-800-345-4109
Made in China
PD206938A
NAME
year month day

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DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT AND
BASE UNTIL YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND THE
INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL AND IN YOUR VEHICLE
OWNER’S MANUAL. DO NOT let others install or use the
child restraint unless they understand how to use it.
FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT AND
BASE INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR
DEATH IN A SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH. Your child can be
injured in a vehicle even if you are not in a crash. Sudden
braking and sharp turns can injure your child if the child restraint
is not properly installed or if your child is not properly secured in
the child restraint.
PLACE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT ONLY IN A REAR-FACING
POSITION when using it in the vehicle.
SOME CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, such as pre-term
babies or those who have tested positive for positional apnea,
may be at increased risk of suffering breathing or other
difficulties in an child restraint. If your child has special needs,
we recommend that you have your physician or hospital staff
evaluate your child and recommend the proper child restraint or
car bed before using this product.
3.1 Warnings for Use as a Child Restraint
3.0 Important Information

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According to crash statistics, CHILDREN ARE SAFER
WHEN PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN REAR VEHICLE SEATING
POSITIONS, RATHER THAN FRONT SEATING POSITIONS. For a
vehicle with a front passenger air bag, refer to your vehicle owner’s
manual as well as these instructions for child restraint installation.
NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD UNATTENDED.
NEVER LEAVE AN CHILD RESTRAINT AND BASE UNSECURED
IN YOUR VEHICLE. An unsecured child restraint or base can be
thrown around and may injure occupants in a sharp turn, sudden
stop or crash. Remove it or make sure that it is securely belted in
the vehicle. If not using LATCH, make sure unsecured LATCH
connectors are properly stored in base.
REPLACE THE CHILD RESTRAINT AND BASE AFTER A
CRASH OF ANY KIND EVEN IF CHILD RESTRAINT WAS
UNOCCUPIED. A crash can cause damage to the child restraint that
you may not be able to see.
DO NOT MODIFY YOUR CHILD RESTRAINT AND BASE or use
any accessories or parts supplied by other manufacturers.
NEVER USE CHILD RESTRAINT AND BASE IF IT HAS
DAMAGED OR MISSING PARTS. DO NOT use a cut, frayed or
damaged child restraint harness, vehicle seat belt or LATCH belt.
THE CHILD RESTRAINT CAN BECOME VERY HOT IF LEFT IN THE
SUN. Always touch the surface of any metal or plastic parts before
putting your child in the child restraint.
THIS CHILD RESTRAINT CONFORMS to all applicable Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and is certified for use in motor
vehicles and aircraft.

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3.2 Warnings for Use With a Stroller
 USE ONLY WITH STROLLERS THAT ARE
PART OF THE GRACO CLICK CONNECT TM
TRAVEL SYSTEM. Refer to stroller owner’s
manual for details about how to attach the child
restraint to your stroller. If you do not have an
owner’s manual, please call toll-free,
1-800-345-4109 to obtain one, or visit our
website at www.gracobaby.com.
 Never use a Graco child restraint with other manufacturer’s strollers,
as this may result in serious injury or death.
NEVER give this child restraint and base to someone else without also
giving them this manual.
NEVER use a second-hand child restraint and base or a child restraint
whose history you do not know.